Reply #35: Dad--far right. Mom--centrist, leaning left.

[vikegirl]

I really don't understand my father. He listens to Pigboy, thinks Al Gore is the ultimate fraud, subscribes to stereotypes, and has proudly boasted to have NEVER voted for a D (and I also saw that he had The Quitter's reality show DVRed in his queue :thumbsdown:). Yet, he adopted me....and I am of Korean-American heritage. He can't understand why I am such a liberal, and I can't understand why someone who's so judging and judgmental, could have adopted an Asian-American! (BUT....I love him to death, and although he's against any type of "welfare" or "entitlement," has vigorously supported me (financially and emotionally) since I was laid off and have been unemployed for nearly two years.)

My mother...I don't really know, she is very elusive about her politics. She'll sit on the sidelines whilst my father and I argue about Obama. I suspect, however, she's more left-leaning than right. My father often complains that she cancels his vote. To which mine is the deciding factor in this family. :-)